Collaboratory Summary 2016
2016 Topic Leaders
From left to right: Derrick Jensen, Joe Bish, Dave Foreman, Eileen Crist, Stephanie Mills, William Ryerson
Testimonials
“The facilities were convenient to town with a lovely rural, wild feeling.”
“The food was over-the-top good.”
“Amazing amazing amazing”
“I felt Bill Ryerson’s ‘The Role of Entertainment Mass Media in Changing Environmental Behaviors’ showed a very positive and real capability of creating change for good for humanity and the environment.”
“Derrick Jensen brought up good points about human supremacy and was captivating.”
“Dave Foreman was very entertaining and informative. His talk really resonated with me.”
“All the speakers were excellent. Each one had my full attention.”
“The experience heightened my awareness of the overpopulation problem and provided a forum for people to speak some of the deeper and darker truths of the ‘Great Unraveling’ of our world.”
“The whole Collaboratory gave me the most important thing: hope.”
“I loved the opportunity to interact with other like-minded folks and to realize we are not alone.”
“The hike on Sunday morning really brought the ‘deep’ and ‘ecology’ together for me.”
2016 Collaboratory Gallery
Collaboratory attendees prepare a notepad during a Topic Leader's brainstorming session. 
Collaboratory attendees converse with each other during a Topic Leader's brainstorming session. 
Matt Ritter on the nature walk in the Pennington Creek Biological Reserve.
Collaboratory attendee Dan Levi (left) and others enjoy Matt Ritter's (right) nature walk through the Pennington Creek Biological Reserve. 
Collaboratory attendee Andy shows us his group's bioregional map created during Topic Leader Stephanie Mills' brainstorming session. 
Collaboratory attendees who participated in Saturday's nature walk gather underneath a large oak tree in the Pennington Creek Biological Reserve. 
Collaboratory attendees gather in the dining hall to enjoy a delicious meal catered by Linnaea's Cafe. 
Collaboratory attendees gather outside the conference room to meet Topic Leader Dave Foreman. 
Collaboratory attendees present their bioregional map created during Topic Leader Stephanie Mills' brainstorming session.